Staff research

• Canadian Bank Balance-Sheet Management: Breakdown by Types of Canadian Financial Institutions

  Staff Discussion Paper 2012-7 David Xiao Chen, H. Evren Damar, Hani Soubra, Yaz Terajima

  The authors document leverage, capital and liquidity ratios of banks in Canada. These ratios are important indicators of different types of risk with respect to a bank’s balance‐sheet management. Particular attention is given to the observations by different types of banks, including small banks that historically received less attention.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff discussion papers Topic(s): Financial institutions, Financial stability, Financial system regulation and policies JEL Code(s): G, G2, G21, G28

• Price Negotiation in Differentiated Products Markets: Evidence from the Canadian Mortgage Market

  Staff Working Paper 2012-30 Jason Allen, Robert Clark, Jean-François Houde

  This paper measures market power in a decentralized market where contracts are determined through a search and negotiation process. The mortgage industry has many institutional features which suggest competitiveness: homogeneous contracts, negotiable rates, and, for a given consumer, common lending costs across lenders.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Financial institutions, Financial services, Market structure and pricing JEL Code(s): D, D4, G, G2, G21, L, L2, L22

• Efficiency and Bargaining Power in the Interbank Loan Market

  Staff Working Paper 2012-29 Jason Allen, James Chapman, Federico Echenique, Matthew Shum

  Using detailed loan transactions-level data we examine the efficiency of an overnight interbank lending market, and the bargaining power of its participants. Our analysis relies on the equilibrium concept of the core, which imposes a set of no-arbitrage conditions on trades in the market.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Financial institutions, Payment clearing and settlement systems JEL Code(s): C, C7, C71, E, E5, E58, G, G2, G21, G28

• The Bank of Canada’s 2009 Methods-of-Payment Survey: Methodology and Key Results

  Staff Discussion Paper 2012-6 Carlos Arango, Angelika Welte

  The authors present the methodology and main findings of the Bank of Canada’s 2009 Methods-of-Payment survey, a detailed investigation of consumer payment behaviour in Canada. The survey targeted the 18- to 75-year-old Canadian resident population.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff discussion papers Topic(s): Bank notes, Financial services, Payment clearing and settlement systems JEL Code(s): E, E4

• What Drags and Drives Mobility: Explaining Canada’s Aggregate Migration Patterns

  Staff Working Paper 2012-28 David Amirault, Daniel de Munnik, Sarah Miller

  Using census data at the economic region level from 1991 to 2006 and a gravity model framework, this paper examines the factors that influence migration within Canada.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Econometric and statistical methods, Labour markets, Regional economic developments JEL Code(s): J, J6, J61, R, R2, R23